Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 10: The Cardiac Channelopathies

“This limited these athletes to bowling, cricket, curling, golf, riflery and yoga. At this time, these guidelines were not based on observational data, but out of an abundance of caution for disease, with a potential exercise-induced sudden death risk.”

“These recommendations offer more hope for young athletes with these conditions and more leniency for athletes who want to play and for their families and their physicians who want to let them play.”

“I am very pleased to see greater recognition of patient/athlete autonomy in decision-making processes, with a shift away from adopting a solely 'team physician medical judgment model' towards an 'athlete informed consent model' specifically mentioned in the guidelines.”